Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-10-25 | Page 16 | Open-Air Gathering Held in Salt Lake

OPEN-WR GATHERING ' HELD IN SALT LAKE I - - O. C Nelson and J. W. Mc- Kinney Vigorously Attack Republican Policies. The Republican party of the county, stme and nation was flayed by O. C. Nelson Nel-son and Judge J. W. McKlnney, Progressive Progres-sive and Democratic orators, in addresses at an open-air meeting last night at Second Sec-ond South and Main streets. 1-Yom all appearances both speakers had been through an active and rigid training course and they laid the lash heavily upoji the G. O. P. and Us leaders. As was to be expected when men are in fighting trim, both speakers a Hacked the hlKge.st of the opposition Charles 10. Hughes. They accused him of falling from the high estate of 100 per cent .Hidge to the low estate of lftrt per cent politician and made other uncomplimentary uncomplimen-tary remarks to the rhythm of frequent applause from a considerable crowd of bystanders. "The American people," Judge McKin-; McKin-; ney declared, "expected an able and dlg-' dlg-' nl tied campaign from Mr. Hughes, but they have been grievously disappointed. He hns devoted himself to fault -tlndlner, to criticising Ills opponent and condemning condemn-ing the record of the entire administration. administra-tion. He has offered nothing definite himself. He will not specify. All his efforts ef-forts have been exerted toward tearing down, instead of building up; to criticising criticis-ing Instead of offering a remedy." Mr. Nelson whs a little more lenient In so far as the G. O. P. leader was concerned, con-cerned, but lashed vigorously the Kepub-llean Kepub-llean party for what he termed Its failure fail-ure to keep the platform pledges of revising re-vising the tariff downward and the fulfillment ful-fillment of the conservation policy of Theodore Roosevelt. He also created a great deal of amusement among his hearers hear-ers by an analysis of the Adamson bill as has been set forth In various arguments argu-ments of the Republican party. Other Democratic-Progressive meetings were held last night at Draper, South Jordan and Crescent. Congressman James H. Mays spoke at all three of the meetings. meet-ings. Besides Mr. Mays, C. Ij. Olson spoke at Draper; C. F. Stillman and H. L. Mulliner at South Jordan, C. M. Hecker, C. G. Patterson and Richard Hartley at Crescent. Five Democratic-Progressive rallies and three cottage meetings are scheduled in the city and county for tonight. C. G. Patterson, Mrs. Ixmise Palmer Weber arid W. M. Knerr will speak at tho Hamilton school; O. C. Nelson. Richard W. Young, Jr., and Mrs. Daisy C. Allen at the Lowell Low-ell school; A. J. Weber and Wilson McCarthy Mc-Carthy at Bingham; F. B. Scott, G. H. Islaub, Ir. Grace Stratton-Airey and Mrs. IT. J. Hay ward at the Poplar Grove school; Will G. Farrell, Roger W. Powers, Mrs. S. A. Kenner and Dr. Mattie Hughes Cannon at the Twenty. ninth ward meeting meet-ing house: J. W. McKinney at the residence resi-dence of Granville Gillette; B. S. Rives at the residence of II. B. Schoflold, 717 Harmony place; John ITalvorsen at the residence of William Regcr, 822 East First South street.